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We got Donovan some sun glasses, and I just had to post these pictures. I think they're way cute.

Don't mess with me.

6 Months Old

I can't believe my baby is six months old already. It went by way fast. He is such a good baby, and so much fun. We call him a little jokester. There's times when he has his face turned away from me, and I'll call his name trying to get his attention, and he'll just ignore me. When I go to look at his face he has this big grin like he knows what he's doing, and ignoring me on purpose. Sometimes when I'm trying to wrap him up for a nap, he'll lift his legs up and roll to his side or pull arms out really quick so I can't wrap him up. The whole time he'll be smiling real big or laughing. He thinks he's pretty funny. He's starting to talk some. He'll say Da Da, and he's said Ma a few times. He's getting really close to sitting up on his own. He loves to eat. The only baby food he hasn't been crazy about is green beans. He's really interested in what I'm eating too. He'll eat anything I give him off my plate. I went out to eat with my Mom and sister last week, and I gave him lemon, onion, and asparagus to suck on. He loved all of it, and cried when I took the lemon away. We went to his 6 month check up yesterday, and all seems to be fine there. He only gained a little over a pound this time, but he's still in the 90 percentile. He also went from 75 to 97 percentile in height. He's a big boy. I've loved having him so much. I can't believe there's people out there that don't want babies. They're so much fun, and I think they make you happier.

Wicked

I went to Wicked on Sunday with my Mom, A.T., and Brianna. I had a lot of fun. I was way excited to see it, because I know a lot of people that have really liked it. It was the first time I had been away from the family at night in a long time. I can't really remember a time I've been away from the family ever at night. I felt guilty at first, but I got over that. I really liked the play. It was of course different than the book. The girl who played Glinda was great. She cracked me up. Elphaba had a really good voice. A crazy thing happened about five minutes from the ending of the play. The power went out and it had to be delayed for about ten minutes. It was exciting for a moment. I really enjoyed it, and was glad I had the opportunity to go. I guess it had been sold out for a year. Thank you A.T. for inviting me. Sorry the pictures suck. I just snapped a few with my phone.

Jason Wears A Helmet

Doesn't Jason look dashing in his new helmet? Jason got a bike, because he wants that to be his form of exercise. We're going to get some type of trailer to go behind it so he can take the baby with him. I just wanted a reason to post this picture, because I think it's funny.

It's Not Fair

I took those first two pictures of Donovan when he's smiling. Jason took those close up ones, and they're so much better than mine. They're taken with the same camera too. The pictures I take are all the same. They're just straight on, and I'm trying to get Van to look at me and smile. It's okay though, there's too many wannabe photographers in this family anyway. I'm going to pick my own thing to be good at, like playing the violin. Oh crap, that's taken too. I get eye rolling. That's mine nobody take it. ;)

Jazz Game

Yesterday we went to a Jazz game. Most of Jason's family came and Felicia's as well. I think there were eighteen of us in all. We went to California Pizza Kitchen before to eat, which was good eatin. We got Donovan a Jazz jersey a little while back, and were excited to put him in it. He looked so cute. I didn't get a chance to take too many pictures at the game, because Donovan didn't like the game too much. Everytime they announced something and people cheered he would jump and his bottom lip would tremble. It was pretty sad. I didn't get to watch over two quarters of the game. Jason and Felicia helped the rest of the time. We now know Donovan is a little too young for a Jazz game. Maybe we'll try again in a year or so. I think everyone had a good time. Thanks Geoff for inviting us. Also, thanks Felicia for helping with Donovan.

Rolling Over

Donovan finally rolled over two days before he's five months old. I think he had such a hard time because he is such a chunker. He looked pretty confused the first time. I think it was mostly because of my reaction. I was pretty excited and was clapping. Here is a video of his fourth time rolling over. I know this may be boring for some of you, but there are grandparents that don't get to see him much and I think they'll enjoy it. The second video is another one of him laughing that I think is cute.

4 Months Old

Donovan had his 4 month check up today. He's doing well and all a 4 month should be doing. I don't think it takes a doctor to see that he's healthy. The first thing people comment on is how big he is. He now weighs 17lbs 11oz. That's well above average for his age. His doctor informed me that my car seat only goes up to 20lbs, so we'll be needing to buy a new one within the next couple of months. He's a really good baby. He sleeps through the night, which I love. He's not much of a crier. He'll fuss, but he rarely lets out a good cry. I was so worried about how I would do with a baby. I thought it would be hard, but it's been pretty easy. I'm ready for the next one, but I can wait. It's funny how excited I get when he does something new. I just want to share it with everyone. I've taken a lot of video of him basically doing nothing, but I think it's the cutest thing. I have loved every minute of the time I've spent with him. I'm so thankful to have a happy healthy baby.

Ashley

The little lady. The 9 year old going on 16. These were taken in September or early October when Jason and Ashley went to a Daddy daughter thing at our church. It was a cowboy theme, if you couldn't tell. I'm not sure if we ever did a post about it.

I thought I would write a little about Ashley since she hasn't been featured for awhile on our blog. She's many things, and I'm having a hard time deciding where to start. She's very smart and seems to soak everything in. She asks many questions. She'll always ask what a word means if she doesn't know. She stumps us sometimes, because some words are just hard to explain without using the word in the definition. I don't know if we always explain it well enough for her to understand. She for the most part is very calm and quiet. She has her hyper moments, but they are getting few and far between. Sometimes she's content to go sit on her bed and read for hours. If you give her the opportunity to talk though, she will. For example, not too long ago she went with me to run some errands. I asked her about Webkinz. For those of you that don't know, they are stuffed animals that you buy and register online and can do an array of things with online. I didn't really know too much about them, so I asked her what all you can do online. She talked for an hour and a half non-stop about all you can do with them. After that time, she said "I know there's more, but I can't remember everything". I said that was okay, I think I understand now. She's a very special girl, and it has been fun watching her grow and learn. I'm excited for the years to come to see what kind of woman she becomes.

Olivia's Teeth

It's been awhile since there's been a post about the girls. We like them too, but there just hasn't been a whole lot going on. We haven't had a lot of time to do anything fun. Here's a couple of pictures of Olivia and her holes. We try to get good pictures of her, but this is about the best we can do. This past year has been near impossible to get a normal smile out of her. She has lost three teeth in the past couple of months, and here she is showing them off. She's really dramatic when it comes to losing teeth. She'll leave them in for way too long, and cry every time she eats. When the first tooth was loose she actually came home early one day from school, because she was crying about it during lunch. Her Mom had to pull out the first and third one, and Jason pulled out the second. She kept the third one a secret from us. I think because we make a big deal about getting them out. She's a very stubborn little girl. She keeps us on our toes. She's lucky she's cute, because I don't know where she would be right now if she wasn't. She's a lot of fun.